To build and support the biomedical engineering community locally, nationally and internationally with activities designed to communicate recent advances, discoveries and inventions promote education and professional development and integrate the perspectives of the academic, medical, governmental and business sectors.

Annual meeting biomedical engineering society continued the tradition offering an excellent technical content and a meeting environment that offered many opportunities for discussion and social interaction. Highlights of the meeting included topics on artificial organs, cardiovascular system, biomaterials, cellular engineering, neural engineering, biomechanics, tissue engineering, job fair and exhibition. membership the membership consisted of a wide variety of professionals and leaders that were helpful in the professional development and contributed to the pursuit of excellence in the field of biomedical engineering. There are several categories of membership regular members, associate members, student members, emeritis members, and corporate members. Bmes publishes a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which is included in the membership fee of regular members. accreditation the relatively new accreditation criteria for the programs, commonly referred to as engineering criteria ec, include many of the past requirements and also includes the practice of continuous improvement with input from constituencies. The overall emphasis is to set the minimum knowledge level for the entry into the engineering profession.